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Mvurwi robbers jailed 4 years
THREE Mvurwi robbers who robbed a drinking mate after offering him a plate of sadza were jailed yesterday by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro.The trio Gilbert Kahari , Chamunorwa Ka...Published: 3 hrs ago | 633 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chivayo’s bid to delay trail flops
Attempts by former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairman Stanley Kazhanje and businessman Wicknell Chivayo to delay their trial over an alleged $10 000 bribe failed yesterday after the magistrat...Published: 7 hrs ago | 366 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's purported dethronement 'a legal nullity', claims lawyer
Chiefs from Matabeleland North on Saturday initiated a process to dethrone outspoken Ntabazinduna tribal chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni in an orchestrated move.A majority of the 41 chief...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 10:27hrs | 3038 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni suspended
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was yesterday "suspended" by the Matabeleland North traditional leaders' provincial assembly on grounds that his chieftainship is being contested....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:04hrs | 5121 | by Staff reporter
Police chief convicted
Commissioner-general of police Godwin Matanga and the Police Service Commission (PSC) chairperson have been slapped with a 60-day jail term each after they were convicted for contempt of court....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3770 | by Staff reporter
Avenging spirit haunts inmate
During the day, he looks like any other inmate at his new home — Harare Central Prison, but when the lights go out, he knows no peace.Joram Siwela, a former Chaplin High School student and p...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:41hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang leader shot dead
Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu. Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez,...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:02hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Former Zinara boss jailed
Former Zinara finance director Simon Mudzingwa Taranhike has been jailed for an effective 15 months after being found guilty of criminal abuse of office. Taranhike abused the Zinara fuel facil...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1516 | by Staff Reporter
Gang leader shot dead by Zim police
Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu. Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez,...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 07:22hrs | 6710 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Zinara boss jailed
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) Director, Simon Mudzingwa Taranhike will spend the next 15 months behind bars after he was found guilty and convicted for criminal abuse of offic...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 19:20hrs | 2197 | by Staff reporter
14 Nov 2017 - a dark day that moved Zimbabwe to another level of suffering and oppression
I remember - as if it were just a few hours ago - waking up as usual at dawn on the morning of 15 November 2017, then routinely checking my WhatsApp, only to be greeted by a barrage of messages to the...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1847 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Two Mozambicans nabbed for poaching in Mbire
TWO Mozambicans were arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday for unlawfully entering Zimbabwe and reportedly possessing two elephant tasks weighing more than 10 kilogram...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:02hrs | 824 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South police ban knobkerries
POLICE in Gwanda, Bulilima and Mangwe districts of Matebeleland South have imposed a three-month ban on the carrying of knobkerries and catapults, among other "weapons", citing increased crime in the ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, State lawyers in verbal showdown
THERE was drama at the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday after tempers flared between the State counsel, Nelson Mutsonziwa, and former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's defence lawyer, Zibusiso Nc...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Fired council boss seeks High Court relief
FOMER Victoria Falls Municipality housing director Lot Siatimbula, who was recently fired for allegedly allocating a housing stand to his nephew without council approval, has approached the High Court...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Exam cheats given community service sentences
FIVE Form Six pupils at Gebhuza Secondary School in Hwange arrested for sharing a leaked Economics Paper 3 question paper have been each sentenced to 12 months in jail, but will all have to perform 35...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
January protests convict seeks reprieve
A BULAWAYO man, who was sentenced to four years in jail for looting during the January protests, has approached the High Court appealing both his conviction and sentencing.Future Banda was arr...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's appalling human rights record must be corrected
IT comes as a seriously embarrassing affront to the Zimbabwe nation State that we are condemning hundreds, if not thousands, of fellow brothers and sisters to Statelessness simply because one or both ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:18hrs | 188 | by Editorial - Newsday
Pair jailed for stabbing & robbing cop
TWO men from Bulawayo have each been sentenced to 60 months in prison for stabbing a police officer seven times all over the body with an okapi knife before robbing him of his wallet and a cellphone. ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:16hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Card cloning gang hits PPC Zimbabwe
FOUR men ganged up and defrauded Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe of more than US$26 500 after cloning the company's ATM card and using it to conduct illegal Point of Sale (POS) transactions at...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:11hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
PROPHECY: 'South Africa's economy to boom' says Prophet Joseph
The economy of South Africa is set for a tremendous growth, a prominent Prophet has prophesied. Speaking to this reporter on Monday the Sandton based leader of God In You Ministrie...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 15:18hrs | 2272 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Homicide conviction for Joshua Nkomo guard killer
AN unlicensed truck driver who ran over a security guard employed by the family of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo as he attempted to flee after he was caught poaching sand at the family ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
15 years jail for pupil rape teacher
A TEACHER at Premier High School in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old pupil that he was coaching English extra lessons. Shadreck Kantsholo (47) from Pu...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Convicted January protest victim appeals to human rights lawyers
I have been following Mr Future Banda's case. He is 36 years old with two children, from Entumbane in Bulawayo. He was arrested on the 25th of January at the instigation of Mr Prayford Sibanda who own...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1014 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
I'm not a rebel: Cde Chipoyera
In a riveting account never before made public, Parker Chipoyera (PC) opens up on events leading to the arrest of the ZIPA leadership and how he ended up in captivity with his fellow comrades. ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:28hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Woman smashes mother-in-law's windows
A 30-year-old woman from Ota village under Chief Mafala in Zvishavane has been slapped with a three months jail term after she went berserk and smashed her mother-in-law's windows after she accused he...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 12:58hrs | 2379 | by Staff reporter
Serial car battery thief break into cops' vehicles
A SERIAL car battery thief, who was doing community service for theft at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after he broke into cops' vehicles and stole more ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:06hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo bomber writes to High Court
Zimbabwe People's Front political party president Owen Kuchata, who is serving a nine-year jail term for attempting to petrol-bomb the former First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm in Mazowe, has claim...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:04hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Top RG officer jailed
Eight years after smashing an axe into his wife, seven years after being convicted of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and sentenced to jail, and six years after losing his appeal, Gordo...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:02hrs | 585 | by STaff reporter
Gushungo dairy bomber seeks redress
Zimbabwe People's Front political party president Owen Kuchata who is serving nine years in jail for attempting to petrol-bomb the former first family's Alpha Omega Dairy farm in Mazowe has made a u-t...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 21:07hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Herdboy jailed for stealing cow
A LIVESTOCK herder in Kezi, Matabeleland South, has been slapped with a mandatory nine-year jail term for stealing a villager's beast worth $4 000.Bukhosi Nyoni (20) pleaded not guilty to a st...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to end machete wars
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to descend heavily on perpetrators of machete violence, reiterating that deterrent sentences must be imposed on those found in possession of the weapons....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Arrest violent 'MaShurugwi' - Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the arrest of notorious gold panners infamously known as MaShurugwi. The gold panners with reported links to Mnangagwa himself and State security min...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 18:19hrs | 6421 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa has no capacity to steer this ship out of murky waters
RECENT social media pictures of President Emmerson Mnangagwa helping himself to mazondo in an airjet and another of a sumptuous breakfast that the majority of Zimbabweans can only partake in in their ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1111 | by NewsDay Comment
Woman jailed for housebreaking
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after she broke into a house in Nkulumane suburb and stole a four-plate stove and a refrigerator with a combined value of US$1 000. ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:03hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
MSU student attempts to burn bus at accident scene
A MIDLANDS State University (MSU) student was this week spared jail time for smashing a Trip Trans bus' windows with burning logs in a fit of rage at an accident scene in Chipinge.Denford Semw...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Child abuse couple spared jail
A MAN and his wife from Bulawayo who ill-treated their four-year-old son by beating him everyday, denying him food and making him wash his own clothes, were lucky to escape jail when they were sentenc...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans in SA jail break
SOUTH African police are pursuing two Zimbabweans and three South Africans who escaped from a remand prison in Limpopo province on Monday evening. It is understood that the five prisoners aged between...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for impersonating Zacc official
AN attempt to impersonate a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) official has earned a 34-year-old Harare man 10 months imprisonment.Harare magistrate, Rumbidzai Mugwagwa suspended two m...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:19hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Public drinker in failed jailbreak
A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for attempting to escape from police custody through a window following his arrest after he was found drinking in a public place. Xolan...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:04hrs | 1327 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual wants a different judge in Peter Moyo trial
Old Mutual has applied for the recusal of Judge Brian Mashile in the trial of former CEO Peter Moyo's against the company.Moyo was fired in June, but the court found his dismissal was unlawful...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:20hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has been hijacked: War vets
A GROUP of war veterans yesterday formed a splinter group, accusing Zanu-PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) of failing the country ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 5882 | by Staff reporter
Countries ponder laws against calling for sanctions
THE illegal sanctions imposed on the country by some Western countries from the turn of the new millennium have in no doubt impacted negatively on the economy and the livehoods of people, with estimat...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:53hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
It should always be for God and country
"For God and country - Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo."We are told these were the words triumphantly pronounced by a US special forces serviceman in a moment of ecstatic fealty after fatally pum...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:49hrs | 128 | by Bishop Lazi
Man jailed for torching mother's huts
A 46-year-old man from Chirumanzu who once hit the headlines after assaulting his mother for sleeping out, has been dragged to court for setting his mother's five huts on fire.Jacob Chinotawai...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:40hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Convicted school pupil to write exams in jail
Zvishavane magistrate Achy Wochiunga refused to grant bail pending appeal for a Mandava High School upper six pupil who was on Tuesday slapped with a three-year jail term together with three accomplic...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo moves to stop criminal trial
Local businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is set to answer to US$10 000 bribery charges alongside his company Intratrek Zimbabwe, has approached the High Court seeking an order to stay the criminal tria...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Prison gave Ndiweni time to write a book
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has revealed that he used his incarceration period in August to write a book on the country's appalling prison conditio...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:52hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo moves to stop criminal trial
Local businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is set to answer to US$10 000 bribery charges alongside his company Intratrek Zimbabwe, has approached the High Court seeking an order to stay the criminal tria...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:51hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
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